Autore	Clement Mary C
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (171 p.)
Disciplina	378.1/2
Soggetto topico	First year teachers - United States College teachers - United States College teaching - Vocational guidance - United States College teaching - United States
ISBN	1-282-60786-3 9786612607868 1-60709-526-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Getting a College Teaching Job and Expectations; CHAPTER 2. A Successful First Day of the Semester; CHAPTER 3. Organizing the Curriculum; CHAPTER 4. Lessons, Assignments, and Grading Criteria; CHAPTER 5. Grading Policies and Test Writing; CHAPTER 6. Methods of Teaching: Lectures, Graphic Organizers, and Concepts; CHAPTER 7. Methods for Teaching with Active Learning: Questions, Discussions, and Group Work; CHAPTER 8. Online, Blended, and Technology-Enhanced Teaching; CHAPTER 9. Today's Students, Your Relationship with Them, and Helping Them Achieve Success CHAPTER 10. Instructional Management That Improves Student BehaviorsCHAPTER 11. Earning Promotion and Tenure; CHAPTER 12. Career Stages; References; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910821433203321

Autore	Rojstaczer Stuart
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina	378.73
Soggetto topico	Education, Higher - United States College teaching - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-53034-0 0-19-535205-X 1-4294-0469-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: why no one seems to know, even my mother, what I do at work; SECTION ONE: Undergraduate Life; 2 Lowering the Bar: why we have such low intellectual expectations for students even though they could easily do more; 3 The Prestige Business: what services the university provides students and why we charge so much for tuition; 4 Shortening the Yellow Brick Road: why we have made college easier, yet no one seems to mind or care; 5 The Sports Machine: how universities entertain their students and alumni and why and how we've crossed the line of good judgment SECTION TWO: Research and Graduate Education6 Heart and Soul: why graduate students are often more important than professors; 7 Grants or Goodbye: why we spend so much time writing our grant proposals; 8 Why Research?: what professors do when they don't teach and why they do it; SECTION THREE: Campus Politics; 9 Matchmaking: how we hire and why we move to other universities; 10 The End of the Golden Age: why the era of exponential growth has ended and why it's a good thing that it's over 11 Shaking the Tree: why universities are increasingly turning to alumni, foundations and corporations, and what they will and will not do in exchange for money12 You've Got to Believe: why we blindly follow the latest trends in academic fashion even though it makes us look ridiculous; 13 The Fifty Percent Solution: why there are so few female professors, and why there aren't likely to be more in the foreseeable future; 14 Making Adjustments: how to adapt to the life of a professor without getting too crazy 15 Getting Tenure: what it takes to get tenure, why standards have risen, and why they will continue to rise16 Rolling the Dice: why the American university is still valuable even though it looks to be in such a mess
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451337703321

Autore	Brennan Jason <1979->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	331.1231378120973
Soggetto topico	College teachers - Supply and demand - United States College teachers - Vocational guidance - United States College teaching - United States
ISBN	1-4214-3797-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Unpleasant truths about the world's best job -- Do you really want an academic job? -- Success in graduate school means working to get a job -- How to be productive and happy -- The academic market, tenure, and market outside Academia -- Exit options.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910794198003321

Autore	Jahangiri Leila
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina	378.1/250973
Altri autori (Persone)	MuccioloTom
Soggetto topico	College teaching - United States College teachers - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8108-9523-4 1-283-63934-3 1-4422-0894-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A Guide to Better Teaching; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Perspectives; 1 From a Learner's Perspective; The Effective Teacher; Who Should Assess?; Learner Preferences; Effective Teachers and the Learning Process; Getting to Know You; 2 The Science Behind the Scenes; Preferences of Different Learners; Categorizing Preferences; A Self-Assessment Method; Skills; 3 Personality; Caring; Empathy; Happiness; Energy; Passion; Motivation; Expertise; Inspiration; Self-Confidence; Approachable; Personal Appearance; Personality - Summary and Strategy; 4 Process; Content Organization Content DevelopmentContent Design; Additional Sense Stimulation; Environment; Process - Summary and Strategy; 5 Performance; Body Language Style; Speaking Style; Technology; Focus; Interaction; Performance - Summary and Strategy; Assessments; 6 Skills Assessment Tools; Applying Science in Design; Forms of Measurement; Assess Yourself; Interactive Electronic Assessments; Understanding the Electronic Analysis; Understanding Learners; Applying the Results; Audience Evaluation Tools; Toward Triangulation; Track Your Progress; Notes; Index; About the Authors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462028703321

Autore	Grubb W. Norton
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (405 p.)
Disciplina	378.1/2
Soggetto topico	College teaching - United States Community colleges - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-135-96238-3 1-280-51771-9 0-203-90085-5 0-585-45189-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Who Cares for Teaching in Community Colleges? The Rationale and Methodology of Our Inquiry; Instructors' Approaches to Pedagogy and the Multiple Conceptions of ~Good Teaching~; The Modal Classroom The Varieties of Lecture/Discussion; Lecture/Workshop and ~Hands-On~ Learning The Complexities of Occupational Instruction; Literacy Practices in the Classroom The Foundation of Schooling; Remedial/Developmental Education The Best and the Worst; Standards and Content The Special Dilemmas of Community Colleges Innovative Practices The Pedagogical and Institutional ChallengesThe Institutional Influences on Teaching The Potential Power of ~Teaching Colleges~; Funding and Policy The Neglect of Teaching; Alternative Futures Creating the ~Teaching College~; References; Appendix; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451053403321